Jaishankar further emphasised that Indian history has focused more on Tipu Sultan's battles with the British, and "underplaying" or "neglecting" other aspects of his rule.
Noor Inayat Khan served as an undercover agent for the British forces and was captured by German forces in 1943. She was shot dead at Dachau concentration camp next year.
Maharashtra: An illegal memorial of Tipu Sultan was bulldozed in Maharashtra's Dhule city built by an AIMIM MLA in the middle of the road.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi today gave the victory mantra to the workers of Karnataka. PM is going to campaign in the election field tomorrow. Now only two weeks are left for voting.
Assaduddin Owaisi asked PM Modi will he take action against Karnataka BJP chief Nalin Kumar Kateel who allegedly made a provocative remark on Mysuru ruler Tipu Sultan?
Karnataka news: Earlier on Tuesday, senior BJP leader KS Eshwarappa accused minorities of sparking communal tension in Shivamogga.
A 20-year-old youth was stabbed in Karnataka's Shivamogga district on Monday. The attack took place after a clash broke out in the district as some members of the Muslim community tried replacing posters of Veer Savarkar with that of Tipu Sultan. Watch this episode of Aaj Ki Baat.
Karnataka clashes: The attack took place after a clash broke out in the district as some members of the Muslim community tried replacing posters of Veer Savarkar with that of Tipu Sultan.
Maharashtra minister Aslam Shaikh who inaugurated new facilities at the garden in Malvani area stated that it always bore the name of Tipu Sultan, and there was no fresh nomenclature.
The President of Karnataka Congress, DK Shivakumar commented over curtailing chapters on Tipu Sultan, Hyder Ali from the class 7 social science textbook in the state.
The Committee, comprising historians and academicians, submitted its report on December 9 to the then Karnataka Textbook Society chairman H N Gopalakrishna.
The HC declined to stay the ban on Hazrat Tipu Jayanti and sought in public interest litigation (PIL), which was filed to challenge the government's decision to cancel the November 10 Tipu Jayanti celebrations as a state event.
The BJP government in Karnataka would remove the lesson on the 18th century Mysore ruler Tipu Sultan from school history books as he was a "tyrant" and prosecuted the Hindus, state Chief Minister B.S. Yedyiurappa said on Wednesday.
Tipu Jayanthi is celebrated to observe the birth anniversary of controversial 18th-century ruler of the erstwhile Mysore kingdom, Tipu Sultan.
The celebration of Tipu Jayanti is being particularly opposed by people from the Kodagu region of Karnataka citing incidents of violence that occurred in Kodagu in 2015 during celebrations and the historical animosity among the people of the region towards the 18th-century ruler.
Earlier in the day, the BJP staged protests asking the authorities to drop the event.
Kumaraswamy had opposed the celebrations for the 18th-century king Tipu Sultan when he was in opposition during the previous Congress regime headed by Siddaramaiah. But he recently decided to go ahead with the event.
Modi was apparently referring to the Siddaramaiah government's controversial decision to celebrate "Tipu Jayanti" every year on November 10.
Vijay Mallya, wanted in India in a money laundering case and an alleged bank fraud case, 'gave away' Tipu Sultan’s sword as it was bringing him bad luck?
Kejriwal unveiled portraits of 69 eminent personalities including freedom fighters, revolutionaries and heroes on Republic Day, to be put in the Assembly's galleries.
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